Goodbye Venice Project, hello Joost

It’s official. Joost is the new name for The Venice Project; Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom’s latest venture to transform the internet into TV.The software download uses peer-to-peer tactics to stream full-screen video, currently from the likes of MTV, Warner Bros and Five’s Fifth Gear. It’s not freely available yet but we’ve been behind the scenes of the heavily guarded beta test today and can confirm that the latest edition of the software has the new logo, but with an otherwise unchanged interface.There’s good news for eager square-eyes anxious to get in on the beta, more invites are going out to bring new users on board. You can get in on the act by signing up on the website or nudging a friend already in there to bung you an invite. Just don’t ask us, we’re all out.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home